In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
87% ★★★★☆ (150,304)
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
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Movie · Comedy · PG
1972 · 1h 41m · ★ 87% (150K)
Director: Luis Buñuel
Starring: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur
Overview
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Director
Luis Buñuel
Production
Greenwich Film Production
Cast
Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur, Stéphane Audran, Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Julien Bertheau, Claude Piéplu, Michel Piccoli, François Maistre, Pierre Maguelon, Maxence Mailfort, Milena Vukotić, Maria Gabriella Maione, Muni, Georges Douking, Christian Baltauss, Bernard Musson, Jacques Rispal, Robert Le Béal